Corporate Partnerships
SOS Children’s Villages understands businesses’ critical role in creating sustainable change for vulnerable children. Our corporate partners help improve lives and create opportunities for children and young people worldwide. Our partnership approach focuses on providing humanitarian and development assistance in collaboration with families, communities, governments, and international agencies, while leveraging the resources and expertise of corporate partners to drive impact and achieve meaningful results for children and youth.
We work closely with multinational corporations, national companies, and small to medium-sized businesses to build partnerships that leverage the strengths of the corporate sector on behalf of vulnerable children and young people around the world.
The nature of our partnerships varies with each partner, evolving to respond to children’s needs and changes in the business environment.
Whether through strategic programmatic funding, leveraging a company’s core expertise and networks, or working with industries to promote child rights in responsible business practices, we partner with the private sector to make a transformational difference for children and youth.
More than 1 billion children worldwide have limited access to health services, education and basic necessities.
Only 5% of Official Development Assistance is child-focused, despite children making up 46% of the population receiving aid.
Globally, around 269 million young people are neither in education, employment or training, with young women twice as likely as young men to be in this situation.
Six ways to partner
Strategic grants
Through strategic grants, we tailor our partnerships to support children and the interests of your business. We form collaborations that contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, putting children and young people at the centre of our actions. From economic empowerment to climate action, we offer a range of innovative approaches to providing holistic care to vulnerable children and their families.
What makes us a unique partner
We are the world’s largest charity focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it, tailoring our support to their unique needs since 1949 in over 130 countries.
We work with locally recognized and independent SOS Children’s Villages teams worldwide and other recognized and trusted community partners .
Our approach to development and humanitarian issues is holistic. We tackle immediate needs and underlying causes to ensure sustainable and resilient solutions.
We have a track record of effective and impactful collaboration with private sector partners in Canada and globally.
Corporate donations and how to contact us
Make a corporate donation online or email us at partners@soschildrensvillages.ca to discuss partnership opportunities.
Testimonials
“The partnership with SOS Children’s Villages is important to Transat and demonstrates our commitment to international assistance and community investment. Since 2009 we have cultivated a partnership through various initiatives involving our teams, customers, and business partners.”
Annick Guérard | President and CEO of Transat
Testimonials
“The Intact team had a wonderful time attending the "A seat at the table" event hosted by SOS Children’s Villages Canada. It was inspiring to be surrounded by passionate individuals all united for a worthy cause. Supporting the mission to improve the lives of children around the world is both fulfilling and essential. Let's continue to make a difference, one step at a time!”
Frank Rahimi | Business Development Manager at Intact
Testimonials
“Since the launch of YouthCan! in 2017 in Indonesia, I have been actively involved in mentoring and training activities in different cities across the country. Together with other AkzoNobel employees, we have been able to empower over 1,000 young people in Indonesia, by helping them develop their personal, professional and entrepreneurship skills…I hope many more companies will join YouthCan! so we can accelerate, become bigger and faster, and have a positive impact on many more young people across the world who need and deserve it”
Ria Marfiana | YouthCan! Volunteer and Professional Brand and Sustainability Manager at AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Indonesia
Corporate news
Contribution from Apotex to help pregnant women and newborns in Ethiopia
